Heaven & Hell Tour
1980–81 concert tour by Black Sabbath / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Heaven & Hell Tour was the ninth world concert tour by Black Sabbath between April 1980 and February 1981 to promote their 1980 studio album, Heaven and Hell.[1][2] The tour marked the band's first live shows with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who replaced original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne the previous year;[2] drummer Vinny Appice, who replaced original drummer Bill Ward in the middle of the tour's North American leg after Ward suddenly left the band due to personal issues;[3] and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who played keyboards on the Heaven and Hell album and accompanied the band on this tour as a sideman.[4] For a portion of the North American tour, which was popularly known as the "Black and Blue Tour", Black Sabbath co-headlined with Blue Öyster Cult,[4] with whom they shared a manager, Sandy Pearlman. The arrangement reportedly set attendance records but caused friction between the two bands as well as between Black Sabbath and Pearlman.[5]
Promotional tour by Black Sabbath | |
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Associated album | Heaven and Hell |
Start date | 17 April 1980 (1980-04-17) |
End date | 2 February 1981 (1981-02-02) |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows | 128 (147 scheduled) |
Black Sabbath concert chronology | |
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